USC Football: 2008 USC Football Schedule Wallpaper

Download the Trojan’s 2008 football schedule as wallpaper for your computer.  It features Rey Maualuga, Brian Cushing, Kevin Ellison, and Patrick Turner.  If this is any indication, the defense will be the centerpiece of the Men of Troy this season.
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James Hansen Testifies Before Congress: Globe Not As Warm 20 Years Later

In 1988, Dr. James E. Hansen, a NASA scientist, testified before the Senate about the impending doom of global warming.  Dr. Hansen made much of that day’s temperature, which was 98 degrees, to add some theatrics to his message.
Dr. Hansen testified again on 23 June 2008, this time before Congress, stressing that,
the world has long [...]

USC Football: Video of Pete Carroll From Rose Bowl

USC football-coach Pete Carroll, before the Rose Bowl.  Video bellow

Video: Firefight Between Coalition Forces And Anti-Afghan Forces

Video of firefight captured by UAV.

Marine Corps Joint Strike Fighter F-35B Makes First Flight

Marine Corps Joint Strike Fighter makes first flight.

Al Gore Makes Home More Energy Efficient: Now It Consumes Enough Power for 232 Homes

Al Gore’s home consumes as much power as 232 average American homes.

Haditha Update: LtCol Jeffrey Chessani Charges Dismissed

In a hearing on 17JUN08, a military judge, Col Stephen Folsom, USMC, dismissed all charges against LtCol Jeffrey Chessani. Col Folsom ruled that the decision to charge LtCol Chessani was a product of unlawful command influence (UCI). Col Folsom ruled,
the participation of Col. John Ewers as an investigator and report writer in the [...]

Gore Vidal Questions Whether Senator McCain Was Ever A POW

Author Gore Vidal questions whether Senator John McCain was ever a POW in North Vietnam.

SecDef Sends More Predator and Reaper Drone Aircraft To Iraq

SecDef Gates orders more UAV to Iraq.

President Bush To Be Prosecuted For War Crimes: Possible Death Penalty

From Legal Blog Watch comes this story,

The Massachusetts School of Law at Andover will convene a conference in September to lay plans to prosecute President Bush and other high administration officials for war crimes. “This is not intended to be a mere discussion of violations of law that have occurred,” says MSL’s dean Lawrence Velvel [...]

Haditha Update: LtCol Chessani Charges May Be Dropped

Defense lawyers for LtCol Jeffrey Chessani believe all charges may be dropped. They base this on a signal from the military judge, Col Folsom, who previously scheduled a hearing for two days and has now changed the session to last one hour. At this session the military judge will rule on the motion [...]

China Emmits More Carbon Dioxide Than Any Country In The World

From the New York Times:

China has clearly overtaken the United States as the world’s leading emitter of carbon dioxide, the main heat-trapping gas, a new study has found, its emissions increasing 8 percent in 2007. The Chinese increase accounted for two-thirds of the growth in the year’s global greenhouse gas emissions, the study found.

From this [...]

Fathers’ Day: Dave Thomas Foundation For Adoption

On this Fathers’ Day it is appropriate to remember one of the greatest fathers ever (outside the author’s own). Dave Thomas was the founder of Wendy’s and an adopted child. He founded the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. A wonderful charity, please visit the site.
yojoe (in Fathers’ Day mode) out

LSU Football: Trindon Holliday Fastest Player In College Football History

LSU wide receiver Trindon Holliday may be the fastest player to ever play college football.

USC Football Recruiting Update: Alshon Jeffrey Commits To 2009 Class

The No. 16 receiver for the 2009 class has committed to Southern Cal. Alshon Jeffrey is 6′ 3″ and 214 lbs. Apparently Jeffrey is also a stud on the basketball court.
Jeffrey will join recent commits Hebron Fangupo and top quarterback Matt Barkley.
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Hat tip: TrojanWire

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Redskins Football: Cooley Wears Short Shorts

What is going on in the mind of Chris Cooley? According to his blog, The Cooley Zone, he invented “Tight End Tights Day.” This is just wrong.
Chris, you are a very good tight end, and you will only get better with Zorn’s west-coast offense. But, we do not need to see your [...]

Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski: Website Contains Transsexuals, Farm Animals, And Masturbation

Website of Judge Alex Kozinski.

Man Gets Testicles Stuck In Deckchair

Listed under “things you hope never happen to you” is the story of Mario Visnjic, who:

had gone swimming naked in the sea at the Valalta beach in western Croatia, reports 24sata. His testicles had shrunk while in the cool sea and slipped through the wooden slats when he sat back down on his wooden [...]

SecDef To Air Force Leaders: Your Fired

Secretary of Defense Gates was doing his best impression of The Donald, when he dismissed the top two officials in the Air Force, Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne and General Michael Moseley. The move was prompted by Air Force’s mishandling of nuclear weapons and its reluctance to support the war in Iraq.
John [...]

Haditha Update: Lt Grayson Not Guilty

Lt Andrew Grayson was acquitted on 4JUN08.
According to reports:
Cheers erupted as the seven-officer panel cleared 1st Lt. Andrew Grayson, who was the first of three Marines to be tried in the biggest U.S. criminal case involving Iraqi deaths linked to the war. The verdict came just five hours after deliberations began.
Two Marines still face courts-martial [...]

Tom Cruise Plays German Officer Who Attempts To Kill Hitler: Best Comments Ever

The original blog post is just information about Tom Cruise finishing the filming of the movie Valkyrie. In Valkyrie, Cruise plays Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, an officer in the 6th Panzer Division of the Wehrmacht Herr, who attempts to assassinate Hitler.
This is not what makes this post great; it is the comments. Comment [...]